#include    <stdio.h>
#include    <stdlib.h>
#include    <string.h>
#include    <sys/types.h>
#include    <sys/wait.h>
#include    <unistd.h>
#include    <signal.h>

#define MAXARGS     20              
#define ARGLEN      100             

char *makestring( char *buf )
{
    char    *cp;

    buf[strlen(buf)-1] = '\0';      
    cp = malloc( strlen(buf)+1 );       
    if ( cp == NULL ){          
        fprintf(stderr,"no memory\n");
        exit(1);
    }
    strcpy(cp, buf);        
    return cp;          
}

void execute( char *arglist[] )
{
    int pid,exitstatus;             

    pid = fork();                   
    switch( pid ){
        case -1:    
            perror("fork failed");
            exit(1);
        case 0:
            execvp(arglist[0], arglist);        
            perror("execvp failed");
            exit(1);
        default:
            while( wait(&exitstatus) != pid )
                ;
            printf("child exited with status %d,%d\n",
                    exitstatus>>8, exitstatus&0377);
    }
}

int main()
{
    char    *arglist[MAXARGS+1];        
    int     numargs;            
    char    argbuf[ARGLEN];         

    numargs = 0;
    while ( numargs < MAXARGS )
    {                   
        printf("Arg[%d]? ", numargs);
        if ( fgets(argbuf, ARGLEN, stdin) && *argbuf != '\n' )
            arglist[numargs++] = makestring(argbuf);
        else
        {
            if ( numargs > 0 ){     
                arglist[numargs]=NULL;  
                execute( arglist ); 
                numargs = 0;        
            }
        }
    }
    return 0;
}
